Bohus v. Restaurant.com, Inc., 784 F.3d 918 (3d Cir. 2015). [Disclosure: I argued this appeal for plaintiffs in this case]. Retroactivity of judicial opinions is sometimes a difficult question. The...
Today, in a Notice to the Bar that can be found here, the schedule of summer parts of the Appellate Division was announced. Each pairing of two judges (or, in...
In the wake of Governor Christie's decisions not to reappoint Justices Wallace and Hoens, the New Jersey State Bar Association convened a Task Force to study judicial independence. The Task...
The Supreme Court announced this morning that it has granted review of the Appellate Division's decision in Hill International, Inc. v. Atlantic City Bd. of Educ., 438 N.J. Super. 562...
State v. K.P.S., 221 N.J. 266 (2015). Two defendants who had been charged in the same indictment with many of the same crimes sought to suppress certain evidence. The Law...
Lawyers, and their clients, often want to file longer appellate briefs than the rules allow, or than judges desire. When the length of appellate briefs was governed by page limits,...
In re Appeal of Z.L. From Denial of Firearms Purchaser Identification Card and Handgun Permits, 440 N.J. Super. 351 (App. Div. 2015). Z.L. applied for a firearms purchaser identification card...
Llewelyn v. Shewchuk, 440 N.J. Super. 207 (App. Div. 2015). Orders directing that one parent in a divorce provide payments of child support terminate once the child become emancipated. Yesterday's...
Orders of Chief Justice Rabner that temporarily assigned three judges to the Appellate Division, in addition to any other assignments, were released on Friday, April 10. The three judges are...
In re Failure of the Council on Affordable Housing to Adopt Trust Fund Commitment Regulations, 440 N.J. Super. 220 (App. Div. 2015). The Fair Housing Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-329.2(a), states that...